Hard-packaged safety needle device
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorAmit Uday Limaye
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Abstract
A hard-packaged safety needle device comprises a needle hub comprising a distal portion and a proximal portion, a needle cannula extending from the distal portion of the needle hub, and a hard needle enclosure comprising a needle cover, an adapter and a cap. The needle cover is configured to house the needle cannula, and the adapter has a tapered aperture configured to create an interference fit and a sterility barrier with the tapered outer surface of the needle cover. The caps includes a distal opening defining a first cavity, the cap being configured to interdigitate with the adapter by the first cavity of the cap receiving a proximal portion of the adapter.
Claims16
A hard-packaged safety needle device comprising:
- a needle hub configured to couple to a syringe comprising a distal portion and a proximal portion;
- a needle cannula extending from the distal portion of the needle hub;
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- a hard needle enclosure comprising a needle cover, an adapter and a cap, the needle cover configured to house the needle cannula and the distal portion of the needle hub, the needle cover having a tapered cylindrical outer surface,
- the adapter having a cylindrical body including a proximal portion, a distal portion and an outside surface, the distal portion having a tapered aperture configured to create an interference fit and a sterility barrier with the tapered cylindrical outer surface of the needle cover, the proximal portion having a proximal cavity in communication with the tapered aperture, and
- the cap having a first cavity, the cap being configured to interdigitate with the adapter by the first cavity of the cap receiving the proximal portion of the adapter, and the cap having a second cavity having an inside surface, the second cavity of the cap being configured to interdigitate with the adapter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.